Festival Riviera

7 readers found this review helpful

my partner and 10 yr old son have just got back from this resort.staff amazingly friendly ! and spoke very good english,especially good with children.
as we arrived on a night flight we were unaware of where the hotel was situated as it was dark.
we were happy as it was only fifteen minutes transfer from hurghada airport,which after a 5 hour flight and a tired child this was a god send.
first impression,hotel was lovely,and the grounds were stunning.
many choices of swimming pools,and a man made beach,but a few steps in to the sea which is not ideal for a young child,so we stayed around the pool.
the entertainment was poor,unless u understood russian ! we were told that there were 90 % of russian guests and english,french,german,and polish making up the other 10 %,and that is no joke.however we got to listen to jingle bells at lunch time around the pool !!!! that was the highlight of the holiday.
the russians are rude,push in the queue,walk around as if they are gods gift,and if i ever see a pair of speedos again some one please shoot me !!.
the food well lets not go there,i mean i didnt expect a fry up,fish n chips etc,but something half edible.the choice of breakfast was fine,the lunch and eve meal well lets just say we lived on cold chips,bread rolls and rice all week.the handful of brits in the hotel all complained to the rep,as we feel brits shouldnt b sent to a hotel that only seems to cater for russians.there was police on hotel door,the area was very third world looking,.no shops to walk to.But the weather was very very hotwe couldnt wait to get home.